From: Brad Allen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: head, tail Date: Sun, 16 May 2004 16:10:23 -0700 (PDT)
> I want my head anD tail programs to understand the option > head -20 > tail -20 > without complaining. I'd rather GNU head and tail do the same thing, > so I don't have to modify the programs to not complain. It takes > too much typing to do longer options. > > There is no reason to not accept typable options. I made a mistake. This is not your fault; this is Gentoo's fault. They put in a bunch of warnings. Apparently, you have an environment variable that allows standard use, but Gentoo patched it to complain if that's set. They probably got confused by an additional Mandrake patch (applied before Gentoo's) which makes the absence of another environment variable cause standard behavoir. _______________________________________________ Bug-coreutils mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-coreutils
